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Mar 24, 2026 · 31m

How China Made Itself Tariff-Proof

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About a year into President Trump’s global trade war, China hasn’t just survived. It has emerged stronger than ever on the world stage. Keith Bradsher, the Beijing bureau chief for The New York Times, discusses the domination of China’s robot-powered superfactories and how the country essentially made itself tariff-proof. Guest: Keith Bradsher, the Beijing bureau chief for The New York Times. Background reading: China’s secret weapon in the trade war is an army of factory robots. Beijing announced a record trade surplus in January as its exports flooded world mar...

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